It has been an agonising time for his family, friends and girlfriend Bea. His family are now making the heartbreaking decision to turn off his life support, after tests have conclusively shown Alex is unresponsive. If I Die Before I Wake, a book written by debut author Emily Koch, enters this territory.Īlmost two years ago, Alex fell into a coma after a rock climbing accident. It makes for some fascinating reading fodder. These novels have often focussed on a mystery which the reader, along with the narrator, must work to unlock.
Over time I have read and enjoyed a handful of books that focus on a narrator who is in a persistent vegetative state or coma. Even worse, the perpetrator is still out there and Alex is not the only one in danger.Īs he goes over a series of clues from his past, Alex must use his remaining senses to solve the mystery of who tried to kill him, and try to protect those he loves, before they decide to let him go.
As his family debate withdrawing life support, and his friends talk about how his girlfriend Bea needs to move on, he can only listen.īut Alex soon begins to suspect that the accident that put him here wasn’t really an accident. Genres: Fiction, Contemporary, Crime, ThrillerĮveryone believes Alex is in a coma, unlikely to ever wake up.
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